Aslan is the lion who symbolizes Christ in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia.
He appears throughout the seven-book series as Narnia’s creator, king, judge, and guide. His name is derived from the Turkish word for “lion,” and Lewis uses the character to embody authority, courage, sacrifice, resurrection, and compassion.
Aslan’s role is especially clear in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He willingly gives his life in Edmund’s place and returns to life through the deeper magic. Lewis described the Narnia stories as imaginative fiction rather than a direct allegory, so Aslan is not simply a one-to-one code for a single theological idea.
Readers sometimes confuse Aslan with Prince Caspian or the human children who visit Narnia. Aslan is the central recurring figure across the series and is present at the beginning and end of Narnian history.